[2][3][4] Price has conducted cultural anthropological and archaeological field work in Egypt and elsewhere in the Near East.
[5] His 2004 book Threatening Anthropology used tens of thousands of Federal Bureau of Investigation files released under the Freedom of Information Act to examine how the FBI harassed anthropologists that were activists in issues of racial equality during the McCarthy era.
His 2008 book Anthropological Intelligence documented American anthropologists’ contributions to the Second World War.
[7] Much of Price's historical and contemporary writing focuses on the ethical and political context of anthropological practice.
In 2022, David Price was identified as one of "today's top ten anthropologists" by the Academic Influencer ranking service.